Tangerine

Tangerine
adjective or noun see Tangier

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  • tangerine — [ tɑ̃ʒ(ə)rin ] n. f. • 1946; mot angl. « mandarine », proprt « (orange) de Tanger » ♦ Hybride de mandarine et d orange, à saveur acidulée. ● tangerine nom féminin (anglais tangerine, de Tanger) Nom générique des variétés de mandarines à épiderme… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Tangerine — Tangerine, FL U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 826 Housing Units (2000): 348 Land area (2000): 1.153791 sq. miles (2.988305 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.649145 sq. miles (1.681277 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.802936 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Tangerine, FL — U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 826 Housing Units (2000): 348 Land area (2000): 1.153791 sq. miles (2.988305 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.649145 sq. miles (1.681277 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.802936 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • tangerine — (n.) 1842, from tangerine orange (1841) an orange from Tangier, seaport in northern Morocco, from which it was originally imported to Britain. The place name is from L. Tinge. As a color name, attested from 1899 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Tangerine — Tan ger*ine , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [Written also {tangierine}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tangerine — ► NOUN 1) a small citrus fruit with a loose skin, especially one of a variety with deep orange red skin. 2) a deep orange red colour. ORIGIN from Tanger, the former name of Tangier in Morocco, from where the fruit was exported …   English terms dictionary

  • tangerine — [tan΄jə rēn′, tan′jə rēn΄] n. [< Fr Tanger, TANGIER + INE1] 1. a variety of mandarin orange with a deep reddish yellow color and segments that are easily separated 2. a deep reddish yellow color …   English World dictionary

  • Tangerine — This article is about the citrus fruit. For other uses, see Tangerine (disambiguation). Tangerine Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • Tangerine —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Tangerine (musique).  Citrus ×tangerina …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tangerine — /tan jeuh reen , tan jeuh reen /, n. 1. Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, esp. in the U.S. 2. deep orange; reddish orange. adj. 3. of the color tangerine; reddish orange. [TANG(I)ER +… …   Universalium

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